The highlight in developing new high-performance trains in Europe has often been on extreme high-speed trains. However, since the cost for new infrastructure adapted to these trains is extremely high, there is now a growing interest for more flexible vehicles offering, at a low price, high performance, efficient space utilisation and high comfort. These trains are a prerequisite for achieving an efficient passenger train system. The paper describes adequate requirements on parameters essential to train effectiveness. At first the average speed of the train has been derived as functions of power, tractive effort and maximum speed for certain well defined travelling conditions. It is then discussed how the average speed and other parameters like energy consumption per passenger and the train weight per seat can be influenced by new designs and new technical solutions.
Performance of future regional high speed trains
1998-01-01
937583 byte
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Performance of Future Regional High Speed Trains
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
|The future of high-speed trains
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
|High-speed trains for the future
British Library Online Contents | 1998
|The future of high-speed trains
British Library Online Contents | 1998
|High-speed trains for the future
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
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